God save the Tsar...and protect the Duma - ATR Russia AAR
Country = Mother Russia
Mod = All the Russias v. 4 (Last)
General Path = Constitutional Monarchy; Little, if any, direct (incorporate into Russia) expansionism
Situation = Up to now I have played until the 21st of February 1940. Russia is involved in a crucial war (you can take guesses, but I won't tell you until I get there). I will show you few screenshots up to the date, because I only have data from save games. I will proceed to make text-timeline and fact sheet updates of important events.Dates will be in dd.mm.yyyy format.
Romania AAR = Temporarily on hold will be continued as soon as I continue the annoying task of marching through Russia with inadequate troops
Episode I
01.01.1936
THE REPUBLIC OF RUSSIA, also known as RUSSIA, WHITE RUSSIA (by extreme LW groups), RUßLAND (by Germany), ŢARA RUSEASCĂ (by Romania), DOMAIN OF RUSSIA AND SIBERIA (by Japan)
Form of government = Representative Democracy
HoS = Alexandr Kerenski
Territory = Stretches from Karelia to Kamceatka, the Arctic Ocean, to Central Asia
Borders = Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, Don-Kuban Union, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Manchuria (not recognized), Transamur; Arctic Ocean, Baltic sea, White Sea, Okhotsk Sea, Bering Sea
History = Once also ruling Finland, the Baltic States, Poland, Ukraine, Bessarabia, Central Asia and Transamur, Russia was a Tsarist Autocratic Monarchy, but the onset of the 1st World War meant sparked social tensions that led to the Russian Civil War between the Bolshevist „Reds” and the „Whites”. With help from the Polish, the „White” faction won, but the Monarchy was abolished in favour of a representative republic.
Situation = High dissent rate, the system looks like falling apart.
03.01.1936
Kerenski is assassinated! Marshall Denikin steps in and dissolves the Duma.
18.01.1936
Kerenski decides it is best to name himself as HoG as well, until a more appropriate solution can be found and things calm down
07.03.1936
Germany defies the Versailles Pact and reoccupies the Rheinland
Poland asks France for support is issuing a whitdrawl ultimatum to Germany
France firmly refuses
Poland backs down
21.03.1936
Italy annexes Ethiopia
28.03.1936
Nationalist China makes promises and hedges bets in the Xi'an incident
21.05.1936
Kirov Factory Design Bureau develops Early Tank prototypes, the first breakthrough in our reorientation towards Armour
12.06.1936
Italy sells arms to Armenia
18-19.07.1936
The Spanish Civil War erupts
Italy and Germany send support to the Nationalist side
The UK and France refuse supporting the Republicans that they consider anarchists
Russia is disappointed at France's decisions not to stop the spread of Fascism
28.07.1936
Japan DOWed China & Co.
30.07.1936
The Guanxi Warlords ally with Japan against China, as China refused to make peace with them earlier on